coffee tasting mnemonic
I’ve come up with a little mnemonic device to help remember the components of coffee tasting. Just follow the path of the coffee from your nose to your mouth over your tongue down your throat. Your nose takes in the aroma. Your mouth will taste the coffee. The body is the feeling of the thickness or lightness of the coffee over your tongue. The finish is what the coffee does as you swallow it down your throat. Got it? Nose – aroma; mouth – taste; body – tongue; finish – throat.
I typically drink my coffee on my bus ride to work. One extra vulgar bonus I find is the fruity aftertaste of some coffees as I burp them throughout the morning. Disgusting, but it sure is nice 
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Tags: Coffee Tasting
April 10, 2009 at 12:22 am
Nice comment about the “fruity afteraste,” sorry I cannot relate to that. We’ll try to find you some un-roasted Kona coffee this weekend. I am hoping to take a nice ride around the island and stop in Waialua where they are producing the “Kona” coffee on Oahu.
April 10, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Kona coffee in Pittsburgh would be awesome! Roasting it myself would be even better.